Category:Addiction
This category contains pages about ICD10 diagnoses that are addictions, ie. have "chronic abuse/dependence/addiction" in the name. It does not contain other diagnoses that might (or might not) be related to addictions, such as acute intoxications, withdrawal or positive drug screening.
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We were wondering if we should ever be using any of the chronic abuse codes as an admit diagnosis. For example, some of our patients are being followed by an Addictions service on the wards. Some are started on the methadone program, others get discharged to an addictions unit. If it is actively being treated on our unit, then should we code it as an admit, as well as a comorb?Mlagadi 10:20, 2020 May 15 (CDT) |
Pages in category "Addiction"
The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.